Joseph Reid | |
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Member of Parliament for St. Catharines |
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In office 1979–1988 |
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Preceded by | Gilbert Parent |
Succeeded by | Ken Atkinson |
Personal details | |
Born |
Joseph Lloyd Reid 24 September 1917 Gowan, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | 14 August 2015 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
(aged 97)
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party |
Joseph Lloyd Reid (24 September 1917 – 14 August 2015) was a Canadian politician. He is a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He is a lawyer by career.
Reid was president of the St. Catharines Chamber of Commerce in the mid-1960s and was the city's mayor from 1973 to 1976. He represented the Ontario riding of St. Catharines where he was first elected in 1979. Reid was re-elected in 1980 and 1984, serving successive terms from the 31st to the 33rd Canadian Parliaments. Reid left national politics in 1988 and did not campaign in that year's federal election.